read lines

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Horacius ReX <horacius.rex at gmail.com> (HR) wrote:

>HR> while 1:
>HR>          line = infile1.readline()

You have an infinite loop. Fortunately your program stops because of the
error. When you encounter end of file, line becomes the empty string and
the split gives you only 1 item instead of 2.

So add the following:
         if not line: break

Also your choice for 0 as initial values of minimum and maximum isn't good.

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